Which to use
“lose” and “lyre” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,601
- “lose” frequency rank
- #30,253
- “lyre” frequency rank
- 64854
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lose | lyre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Variante de lauze. | Cordophone portable à cordes pincées parallèles au chevalet, dont la caisse de résonance ne se prolonge pas par un manche, qui était en usage chez les anciens. |
Letter map: lose vs lyre
Shared letters muted; letters that set lose and lyre apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Corpus notes: lose and lyre
lose and lyre are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64854, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lose is recorded at frequency rank #34,601, classified as anoun. lyre is at rank #30,253, tagged as anoun, pronounced \liʁ\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 64854, this pair ranks #75,042 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of lose vs lyre
Shared letters: el. Private to "lose": os. Private to "lyre": ry.
"lose" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "lyre" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "lose" and "lyre" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "lose" or "lyre"?
After this comparison
You've compared "lose" and "lyre". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "lose" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lyre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #75,042 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lose" and "lyre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lobo vs lose". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #75,042 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.